Chicken grilled with lime leaves
- Preparation time: 40 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
Lime leaves, or kaffir leaves, are popular in most chicken dishes in Vietnam, including the boiled and grilled ones.
Photo: @ngovuhailinh
Ingredients
- 1 chicken
- 1 Tbsp shredded lemon leaves
- 1 Tsp of salt
- 1 Tsp of spice
- ½ Tsp of five spice seasoning
- 1 Tsp of grinded garlic
- 1 Tbsp of honey
- 1 Tsp of lemon mash liquor
- 1 Lemon
- 2 Red pepper
- 2 Tbsp shredded knotgrass
Preparation
- Wash clean the chicken, then mix with salt, spice, five spice seasoning and shredded lemon leaves for 30 minutes
- Apply honey and lemon mash liquor onto the chicken’s skin
- Grill at 200 Celsius degree until the skin turns into yellow
- Chop the chicken into pieces, pour into the dish and dust with shredded lemon leaves
Serving suggestion: serve this dish with spice, pepper and lemon sauce
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